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Society
Transgender Woman to Compete in Miss Universe
Jenna Talackova, foreground, who advanced to the finals of the Miss Canada competition, part of the Miss Universe contest, who was recently forced out of the competition, appears with her attorney Gloria Allred at a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Talackova says she was forced out…
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Central Asia
Major news in Kazakhstan on April 4 2012
Top news in <Tengri News>: Kazakhstan population will go 2 million up by 2020 news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in China on April 4 2012
Top news in <People’s Daily>: Full text of Li Keqiang’s speech at opening ceremony of Boao Forum news@theasian.asia
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on April 4 2012: Softbank to build Japan’s largest solar power plant
Top news in <Kyodo News>: Softbank solar power plant in Hokkaido to be Japan’s largest news@theasian.asia
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South Asia
Train Derailment Claims Two Injuries in Karachi
KARACHI — Heavy machinery is used at the site of a train accident in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on April 3, 2012. At least two passengers were injured as one compartment of a passenger train derailed when it run on a wrong track in Karachi on Tuesday. <Xinhua/Arshad>…
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Society
Russia suffers frequent plane crashes
Russian emergency workers search the crash site of the ATR-72 plane crash outside Tyumen, a major regional center in Siberia, Russia, Monday, April 2, 2012. <Photo: AP/Newsis> MOSCOW (Xinhua) — Russia, once an aviation powerhouse, has been plagued by deadly plane crashes in recent years, with the latest claiming 31 lives…
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East Asia
[China Now] ‘India looms as military rival’
India will be the next military power targetting China *This article was written based on the story by a famous online writer using ‘BEYONDYOUNG’ as his ID. He wrote it last Friday (March 30, 2012) on the Military Forum of “www.sina.com.cn”, a site representing the negative view of grass roots Chinese about recent military development…
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South East Asia
“Where Is My Helmet?”
HO CHI MINH, Vietnam — A dog rides on motor scooter with family in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Tuesday, April 3, 2012. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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Society
Turkish energy minister hates hike but says necessary
Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister Taner Yildiz said he also did not like the new natural gas energy hike price increase of 18 percent on Monday. Yet Yildiz went on to explain that even with the natural gas discount his country had received in 2011 from Russia it was not…
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East Asia
Major news in Japan on April 3 2012
Top news in <NHK>: JAXA receives N.Korea’s launch invitation news@theasian.asia
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